It was a truism that all civilizations were basically neurotic until they made contact with everybody else and found their place within the ever-changing meta-civilisation of other beings, because, until then, during the stage when they honestly believed they might be entirely alone in existence, all solo societies were possessed of both an inflated sense of their own importance and a kind of existential terror at the sheer scale and apparent emptiness of the universe.

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Did rack pulls from mid-shin today, will do heavy squats on Saturday. Program is all messed up, plus I found out that I'm traveling for work for 2 weeks starting Tuesday. So I'll just bust my ass and overtrain a bit because I'll have ample time to recover.

A surprising 30-lb. PR in the mid-shin pull, which also happens to be my weakest rack pull position. Last time I did this program I maxed out at 475 and hit a 510 deadlift off the floor, so big plans here.

Smith machine bent-over row 4s x 5, increasing weight every set

Smith machine front squat 4s x 5 - still very light, trying to find the right way to do these. Good quad pump again.

Monday, June 9, 2014

Not a lot of time to train this week, as I'll be out of town Friday to Sunday. So I'll have to do heavy press tomorrow and heavy squat/pull on Thursday. So I didn't do much today, just hit the speed squats and some heavy ab work.

Speed squat 285 lbs. 2s x 5, 350 lbs. 2s x 5, hi-bar 325 lbs. x 3

Definitely felt the lack of rest from the heavy squats on Saturday. My quads were especially tired. The 350 moved quickly, but not as quickly as I'd like it to. The high-bar squats were a no-go.

Thursday, June 5, 2014

I decided to alter my training template so I can squat/pull heavy on Saturdays, as that's usually my best training day. Also doing heavy squats two days before heavy bench presses sometimes messes with the pressing, while the opposite is not the case. So in order to effect this switch I pressed two times in a row, Tuesday and Thursday (today). Needless to say, it sucked.

Bench press 340 lbs. x fail, x 3

The fail took me by surprise. I'd already pushed the bar through the sticking point and literally could not lift it the last few inches. The guy who was spotting me helped me rack it and walked away in disgust. Dumb meathead, check your ego at the door and use a weight you can actually lift. Or something along those lines.

I took a 5-minute break, tried again. Blasted the first rep, almost completely lost the second, nailed the third. Looked around triumphantly for the first spotter guy. He was already gone.

Monday, June 2, 2014

There was no difference in speed between the 280s and the 350s. Blasted every rep like the weight wasn't even there. Will stick with these speed squat weights for one more session, then move up to 80% (320 and 405 respectively).